Hat-fastener.



No. 69l,'624. Patented Jan. 2I', I902."

E. HART. HAT FASTENEB.

(Appliention filed Jan. 21, 1001.}

' (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ESTHER HART, OF DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND.

HAT-FASTENER.

lPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 691,624, dated January 21,

Application filed January 21 1901. Serial No. 44,045. (Nomodel-l To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ESTHER HART, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain,residing at D unedin,0tago,in the Colony of New Zealand,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to'be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention has been devised for the purpose of providing means whereby hats may be secured to the heads of the wearers in an expeditious and efiective manner and at the same time preserve the hats from being torn and destroyed,as is the case with the ordinary hat-pin at present in use.

, The invention consists of a double-pronged pin similar in shape to an ordinary-ha'ir-pin, but with each of its prongs provided with a slot throughout nearly the whole of its length to provide a pair of parallel guide-bars. Through these slots pass and on the outer guide-bars are threaded small rings, that are free to move up and down, and to the rings are secured short light chains, the other ends of which are secured by small rings connected loosely to suitable means whereby they may be permanently fixed to the hat. These means may consist of one or two safety-pins, that are fastened to the inside lining of the hat, or they may consist of an ornamental button, the shank of which is passed through the brim of the hat and into which is passed a snap-hook, to which the free ends of the chain are secured.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the hat-pin and three different manners of securing the same to the hat.

a is the hat-pin, which is similar in shape to an ordinary hair-pin. Each of the prongs of the pin a is formed with a slot 12 therein, which extends throughout nearly the whole of its length, providing parallel guide-bars. Through these slots pass and on the outer guide-bars are threaded the small rings 0, to which are attached the short chains d.

The chains 01 are provided on their free ends with small rings 0, connected loosely with meanswhereby they may be secured to the hat, both chains being shown in Figure 1 as fastened to one safety-pin e, in Fig. 2 to different safety-pins, while in Fig. 3 they are shown as being secured to the ends of short rings 0 sliding inthe slots 1) of the prongs of l the pin. By these means the hatwill be secured to the head of the wearer in a ready manner, and at the same time the damage and wear upon the hat caused by being pierced by the ordinary hat-pin will be avoided.

Any number of pins may be used on each The points of the hat, as the circumstances of the case may require, and the pins when once fastened into the hat may permanently remain there.

For some classes of hats in which the lining is of a flimsy nature other means may be devised for securing the small rings on the free ends of the chains thereto-for instance, ornamental buttons may be employed, the shanks of which are passed through the brim of the hat, the chains 01 being provided at their ends with snap-hooks, that hook onto the shanks of the buttons.

The pin a may be provided with an ornamental top, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, or it may be made plain, as shown in Fig. 2, and would preferably be formed of celluloid or some similar composition. The chains 01 may be made of any precious or fancy metal design, according to the requirements of the purchasers.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A fastener comprising a hair-pin construct ed with prongs, one of said prongs being formed with a longitudinal slot providing a pair of parallel guide-bars, a ring slidable on one of the guide-bars, a guide-bar adapted to be secured to ahat, aring connected loosely with the guide-bar of the hat and a chain connecting the rings.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ESTHER HART. 

